National Trends in Federal Student Loan Borrowing by Income Group and First-Generation Status

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Chan ◽  
Jihye Kwon ◽  
David Nguyen ◽  
Katherine Saunders ◽  
Nilkamal Shah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Student Loan ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
National Trends

scholarly journals On ‘being first’: the case for first-generation status in Australian higher education equity policy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Patfield ◽  
Jennifer Gore ◽  
Natasha Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
Educational Disadvantage ◽  
Equity Policy

AbstractFor more than three decades, Australian higher education policy has been guided by a national equity framework focussed on six underrepresented target groups: Indigenous Australians, people from low socioeconomic status backgrounds, people from regional and remote areas, people with disabilities, people from non-English speaking backgrounds, and women in non-traditional areas of study. Despite bringing equitable access to the forefront of university agendas, this policy framework has fostered a somewhat narrow conceptualisation of how educational disadvantage should be addressed. Responding to calls for reform, this paper draws on survey data from 6492 students in NSW government schools to examine the extent to which a new category warrants inclusion in the national framework: first-generation status. We illustrate how being the first in a family to attend university brings distinct equity status and argue for a revision of the national equity framework to recognise and support students who are ‘first’.

scholarly journals Understanding Students' Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny J. Lee ◽  
Linda J. Sax ◽  
Karen A. Kim ◽  
Linda S. Hagedorn
Keyword(s):  
Parental Education ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Generation Status

Factors Influencing the Academic Achievement of First-Generation College Students

NASPA Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrell L. Strayhorn
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
Cumulative Grade Point Average ◽  
First Generation College

First-generation college students face a number of unique challenges in college. These obstacles may have a disparate effect on educational outcomes such as academic achievement. This study presents findings from an analysis of the Baccalaureate & Beyond Longitudinal Study using hierarchical multiple regression techniques to measure the influence of first-generation status on cumulative grade point average (GPA) in college, controlling for precollege and college variables. Findings suggest that firstgeneration status is a significant predictor of GPA controlling for an extensive array of background and intervening variables. Initially, background variables accounted for a small but significant proportion of college GPA variance. Final results suggest that first-generation status significantly explains differences in cumulative GPA, accounting for nearly 22% (p < .001) of GPA variance. Findings are congruent with college impact theory and support prior conclusions. Still, a number of important relationships and implications for future research are discussed.

First-Generation Status and Student Race/Ethnicity as Distinct Predictors of Student Involvement and Learning

NASPA Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol A. Lundberg ◽  
Laurie A. Schreiner ◽  
Kristin Hovaguimian ◽  
Sharyn Slavin Miller
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Student Involvement ◽  
First Generation ◽  
National Sample ◽  
First Generation Students ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Positive Effect

Using a national sample, student race/ethnicity was disaggregated into seven distinct groups (n = 643 per group) to identify unique effects of student race/ethnicity and first-generation on involvement and learning. First-generation status had a positive effect on student learning, but a negative effect on involvement. Effects by student race/ethnicity were mixed, revealing some dynamics similar to those for first-generation students and some that were unique to student race/ethnicity. Findings suggest specific programming implications based on student race/ethnicity and first-generation status.

Is First-Gen an Identity? How First-Generation College Students Make Meaning of Institutional and Familial Constructions of Self

2020 ◽  
pp. 152102512091330
Author(s):  
Genia M. Bettencourt ◽  
Koboul E. Mansour ◽  
Mujtaba Hedayet ◽  
Patricia Tita Feraud-King ◽  
Kat J. Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
First Generation College

Institutions increasingly use first-generation categorizations to provide support to students. In this study, we sought to understand how students make meaning of their first-generation status by conducting a series of focus groups with 54 participants. Our findings reveal that students saw first-generation status as an organizational and familial identity rather than social identities. This status was connected to alterity and social distance that was most salient in comparison to continuing-generation peers. Our recommendations include reexamining the role of first-generation-specific programming on campus, creating opportunities for meaning-making, supporting students within changing family dynamics, and exploring the interaction between first-generation status and other marginalized identities.

First-Generation Status and Student Race/Ethnicity as Distinct Predictors of Student Involvement and Learning

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol A. Lundberg ◽  
Laurie A. Schreiner ◽  
Kristin Hovaguimian ◽  
Sharyn Slavin Miller
Keyword(s):  
Student Involvement ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
Race Ethnicity
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